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DEFINITION: n. A person who insults people for a living. v. To get paid to insult your customers.
Verboticisms
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Dissservice
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: dissərvis
Sentence: The carry-out restaurant is famous for its dissservice. The workers are paid to create rude banter with their customers. If enough people ask for a particular insulter they are paid a bonus. A customer who can best a server gets a free meal.
Etymology: diss (act or speak in a disrespectful way toward) + disservice (a harmful action)
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COMMENTS:
I like you line of thought ;) - Mrgoodtimes, 2011-03-31: 12:46:00
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Abusedriver
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: a/boos/dry/vur
Sentence: This morning there was a subway shut down so I had to take the bus and listen to abusedriver hurl insults at every unsuspecting passenger who tried to exit by the front doors
Etymology: bus driver + abuse
Insultant
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: in-sult-ant
Sentence: "I have spent many years honing my insulting skills, so your suggestion that I'm ripping you off is, well, it's an insult, an aspersion, an impertinence." And so ended another negotiation over the extortionate insultant fee. "And you smell like bag of rotten mussels", she yelled as she left the building. "Quite clearly she is excellent at her job, let's get her back next time."
Etymology: consultant + insult
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COMMENTS:
terrible, useless word. I'm giving you my vote even though you don't deserve it! - galwaywegian, 2007-04-23: 06:46:00
Obviously, galwaywegian works for a very large, very successful, and very expensive insulting firm. So begrudgingly, I will follow his lead and proffer my two cents to petaj. - wordmeister, 2007-04-23: 10:08:00
Thanks for the reprehensible comments. Is that the best you can do in the way of profijeering. And you call yourselves scornstars! Hmmph. - petaj, 2007-04-23: 18:45:00
I agree with galwaywegian. Your word is a boil on the verbotobutt, a verbotocyst. My vote was just pity points, don't take it too seriously. - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-23: 19:23:00
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Hateredee
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: hate rah deee
Sentence: I went to an upscale mall to buy a desk and chair from Pottery Barn. So I went up to a guy standing at a counter right below the chair I wanted and asked him if he could help me. He looked up over the magazine he was reading and in a snotty tone told me I could place a special order at any register. He was such a hatere'd and so surly from me asking him for help. I looked back at him a bit aghast and said "Ewww. You are in your forties and work in the mall. Don't care that it's Short Hills Mall, you still work in the mall." He was the perfect example of a hatere'd.
Etymology: maitre'd + hate. Actual spelling should be hatere'd - but rules of game wouldn't allow it - so i changed it a bit for the header.
Occupationalhazeard
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: occu/apy/shun/al/hyz/ard
Sentence: Joan was an occupationalhazeard and lived for the thrill she got from her endless put downs.
Etymology: occupational hazard + haze (humiliate, ridicule) + ardor (zeal)
Cussatemer
Created by: jonzerofourteen
Pronunciation: kuss at 'em er
Sentence: Happy that she had at last found her dream job, Lisa set to work as head of Cussatemer Services at the Post Office. Lisa understood that being rude and unhelpful was essential to the smooth running of the postal service. If it wasn't for professional cussatemers like herself, then the work of every postal worker in the country would be slowed down by customers continually wanting stuff.
Etymology: Cuss (curse) + at (to or toward a goal or object) + em (abbreviation of them... 'em) + er (suffix - someone who does stuff)
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COMMENTS:
clever! - libertybelle, 2011-03-31: 08:07:00
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Mocksmith
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: MOCK smith
Sentence: Kelly was a mocksmith by trade but sometimes worked odd jobs for extra money. She applied to the contempt agency and found that there were a lot more jab descriptions listed than she would have thought. They even had positions for bioenginesneers and diss-trict managers.
Etymology: mock + smith (n., one who makes or works with something); a play on the word locksmith
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COMMENTS:
Clever... - mweinmann, 2009-11-11: 11:12:00
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Outrageace
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: OUTRAGE+ACE
Sentence: The school for baseball umpires hired a full time outrageace to give their students practice taking insults.
Etymology: OUTRAGE+ACE
Customeffacer
Created by: heb319
Pronunciation: ku-stom-a-fa-ser
Sentence: The customeffacer ridiculed the client for being to cheap to buy a brand-name power tool with a 5-year warranty.
Etymology: from "customer" as well as "custom" since the customeffacer must create custom insults for individual situations. Also from the word efface, which obliterates all the joy the customer believed to have found in the "bargain."
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by an anonymous donor. Thank you for sharing! ~ James
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That gentleman bears a striking resemblance to Bruce McCulloch.
I hope Mr. McCulloch isn't insulted... ~ James
ErWenn - 2007-04-23: 18:17:00
I've often noticed that the verbotoons have striking similarities to famous people. I wonder if the artist uses reference photos...
As Kurt Vonnegut said of his novels, this artwork is fiction and "All persons living or dead are purely coincidental, and should not be construed." Except of course, for the drawing of Vonnegut himself, which is meant to be who it appears to be. ~ James
ErWenn - 2007-04-24: 00:11:00
Everybody's coincidental? All 12 billion of us? I like the sound of that. And I definitely agree that you shouldn't construe anybody. It's just not nice, even if they are already dead.
Yes, it's just a bunch of moments which may, or may not be connected... ~ James
Clayton - 2007-05-13: 02:34:00
Invectivator
CONGRATS! INSULTANT is simple yet effective. I wish i could learn not to use a large word when a diminutive one will do. Economy is everything.
Today's definition was suggested by wordmeister. Thank you wordmeister. ~ James